I would like to partition a 2T external hard drive so that 1T can be used to back up an Apple Mini (OS X 10.7.5) using Time machine, and the other 1T used to back up a Windows 7 laptop.
As I understand Disk Utility, it looks like this would be possible.
Am I right??
Jim S
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
Disk Utility and select 2 Partitions - GUID Partition Map
Name and erase the first for Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Name and erase the second partition MS-DOS (fat).
When finished, plug your external HD into your Windows laptop and format your MS DOS disk as NTFS.
I have done this same thing and it works great. NTFS is read-only on Mac which allows to copy from but not write and the Mac partition is read-only in Windows allowing you to copy from but not write. So file swapping works well. Cheers!!
Disk Utility and select 2 Partitions - GUID Partition Map
Name and erase the first for Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Name and erase the second partition MS-DOS (fat).
When finished, plug your external HD into your Windows laptop and format your MS DOS disk as NTFS.
I have done this same thing and it works great. NTFS is read-only on Mac which allows to copy from but not write and the Mac partition is read-only in Windows allowing you to copy from but not write. So file swapping works well. Cheers!!
Hey!
ℹ FAT is a great format because it is cross-OS. Works with Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux and UNIX! 😀
Good luck! 🙂
Format HD for windows & Mac
